Sen. Reuven Carlyle wants to pay you to upgrade that gas-powered leaf blower you’ve been using to clear your yard and antagonize your neighbors. Carlyle,...Read More

The massive generational fight over America’s retail customers was on display in a House committee this week as name-brand brick-and-mortar retailers sparred with their rivals...Read More

Per The Bellingham Herald, the Whatcom County Council has appointed Simon Sefzik to the 42nd District state Senate seat formerly held by the late Republican...Read More

The state’s largest non-tribal gambling operator went to court Tuesday to try to overturn the monopoly on sports betting that the Legislature awarded to Washington...Read More

I first started paying attention to legislatures in 1991, when I was a 25-year-old punk reporter trying to stay awake on the early broadcast shift...Read More

For the third year in a row, the Legislature convenes with no ballot initiative placed before it by signature drive. The last successful signature drive...Read More

As the Washington Legislature convenes, kicking off the year of government and politics in earnest, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself as...Read More

The Sunday Observer is a weekly feature of The Washington Observer, the Wire’s new sister publication. For more of the Observer, check it out on...Read More

I wanted to share with you a bit of news. First, as many of our readers know, we publish State of Reform. Like the Wire,...Read More

The 2020 fuel mix report was released this week, and shows that while coal-fired power decreased slightly, the use of natural gas increased.  The report,...Read More